[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 135 (Tuesday, October 15, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1870]
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   TRIBUTE TO MARILYN LUOTTO ON BEING AWARDED THE 2002 ST. MADELEINE 
                           SOPHIE BARAT AWARD

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 15, 2002

  Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Mrs. Marilyn Luotto, a 
distinguished citizen and a resident of Santa Clara County, who is 
being honored on October 16, 2002, by the Sacred Heart Schools of 
Atherton, California, with the 2002 St. Madeleine Sophie Barat Award.
  Marilyn is a native of Chicago, Illinois, where she received her 
bachelor's degree in Psychology from Mundelein College and her master's 
degree in Clinical Psychology from Loyola University. In 1967, she came 
to California with her husband and their five children, and soon after. 
Marilyn began working at Sacred Heart Preparatory. She taught English, 
Psychology, and a course in Marriage and the Family through the 
Religion Department at the school. She also acted as a school 
counselor, at the high school and the elementary school. After five 
years of dividing her time between her family and the schools, Marilyn 
began spending more of her work time as a counselor at St. Joseph's 
School, continuing to teach at least one psychology course at the high 
school because she enjoyed her involvement with students of all ages. 
During this time, Marilyn also began pursuing her second master's 
degree in Marriage and Family Counseling at the University of Santa 
Clara. With that degree she received her M.F.T. license as a Marriage 
and Family Therapist in the State of California.
  Throughout her tenure at Sacred Heart Schools, Marilyn shared her 
time and her talents with the entire community of faculty, staff, and 
students. Last year she retired after 25 years of extraordinary service 
to the Sacred Heart Schools. With her characteristic spirit of 
generosity, she thanked everyone for their support and all that they 
had contributed to her personal and professional growth. She promised 
to find a way to share the love that she had received with others as 
she embarks on a new phase of her life.
  Mr. Speaker, it is a great privilege to honor Mrs. Marilyn Luotto as 
she receives the 2002 St. Madeleine Sophie Barat Award. I ask my 
colleagues to join me in saluting her and thanking her for her 
extraordinary service to our community which has made us a better 
country.

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